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FBI: Terrorist fugitive could be on Big Island

The Honolulu FBI office says it has received credible intelligence that terrorist fugitive Daniel Andreas San Diego may be on the Big Island.

Agents from the Honolulu and San Francisco offices are canvassing selected communities, including Puna and Pahoa, looking for information on San Diego's whereabouts.

San Diego is wanted for his alleged involvements in the bombings of two office buildings in the San Francisco area. On Aug. 28, 2003, two bombs exploded about an hour apart on the campus of a biotechnology corporation in Emeryville, Calif. On Sept. 26, 2003, a bomb strapped with nails exploded at a nutritional products corporation in Pleasanton, Calif. San Diego was indicted in July 2004.

The FBI says San Diego has ties to animal rights extremist groups. He is known to follow a vegan diet, eating no meat or food containing animal products and avoids wearing anything made with animal products. He also has an interest in sailing. In the past he has worked as a computer network specialist for cash to avoid using banks, checks and credit cards. He may also be teaching, translating or part of a service industry, such as tourism.

"He may or may not actually be on Hawaii Island, but we are taking this lead seriously out of genuine concern for local residents," said Honolulu FBI Special Agent Tom Simon. "It’s important to recognize that this guy is considered armed and dangerous. If you know where he is, please just call it in. We don’t want anyone getting hurt trying to be a hero."

Anyone with information to provide can call the FBI’s Honolulu office at (808) 566-4300. There is a reward of up to $250,000 for information leading to his capture.

PHOTOS: Wanted terrorist could be on Big Island

PHOTOS: Wanted terrorist could be on Big Island

Billboards like this one are featured in seven states, including California, New York, Washington and Nevada, to find fugitive Daniel Andreas San Diego.

San Diego is accused of two bombings in California back in 2003.

San Diego is about 6-feet-tall and weighing about 160 pounds.

In April 2009, he was added to the FBI's Most Wanted Terrorist List making him the first domestic terrorist placed on this list.

The FBI is offering a reward up to $250,000 for information leading directly to his arrest and prosecution.

Because of his training in computer networking, San Diego may be known by those around him as someone to offer computer-related assistance.

San Diego has a tattoo of a round image of burning hillsides in the center of his chest with the words, "It only takes a spark," printed in a semicircle below. There are also burning and collapsing building on his abdomen.

The burning buildings are also tattooed on his back along with a single leafless on a road in the center of his lower back. These tattoos may have been removed, significantly altered or covered with new tattoos.